Joël Gugger
CTO, Co-Founder at Thimoo
La Neuveville, Bern, Switzerland
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Top SchoolJoël Gugger is a security-focused CTO and co-founder with 11 years of experience designing secure, privacy-centric software systems and leading technical teams from Switzerland. He combines deep applied cryptography and Rust expertise with practical experience on Bitcoin, Monero, and trustless blockchain protocols, including maintaining a Monero Rust library and initiating Farcaster work. As a hands-on architect and entrepreneur he builds scalable backends, secure execution environments (TPM2/Secure Boot), and modern web and mobile integrations while fostering team growth. His background spans research-driven roles and product delivery—from academic-grade blockchain research and payment channels to production APIs for national services like SwissMetNet. Notably, he blends low-level security engineering with high-level system design, making him equally comfortable in the Linux kernel/firmware space and in leading decentralized protocol implementations. Based in La Neuveville, he brings a pragmatic, problem-solving mindset that turns cryptographic research into usable, privacy-preserving products.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Information Technology, Master of Science (MSc), Information Technology at HES-SO Haute école spécialisée de Suisse occidentaleBachelor of Science (BSc), Media Engineering, Ranking B, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Media Engineering, Ranking B at HEIG-VD
French, English
Github Skills (76)
cmake10
security10
cryptocurrency10
monero10
smart-contracts10
embark10
p2p10
crypto10
solidity10
core-library10
chain10
web3js10
rust10
base5810
bitcoin10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
monero-rs/base58-monero
Mar 2019 - Jan 2023
Monero base58 specific encoding format Rust implementation.
Contributions:6 releases, 2 reviews, 56 commits in 3 years 10 months
base58base58-checkrustmoneroencoding
farcaster-project/containers
Jul 2021 - Nov 2022
Series of containers build for testing and releasing Farcaster dependent services.
Contributions:8 reviews, 48 commits, 69 PRs in 1 year 4 months
containerstestingdockerreleasingfarcaster
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